Wednesday, August 12, 2026 — Evening Edition

A congressman from Partido Libre introduced a bill to create a law recognizing, protecting, and safeguarding the dignity of Honduras's LGTBIQ+ population.

Also reported by: La Prensa

A Liberal congressman from Yoro has introduced a bill to set up a permanent climate-resilience fund for Honduras's farm and livestock sector, meant to pay for water infrastructure, emergency response, and productivity support as prolonged drought and extreme weather batter rural areas.

Congress will weigh competing plans to split the state power utility into separate generation, transmission, and distribution units, with the Liberal Party and the government at odds over asset ownership, debt responsibility, and long-term contracts.

More than half of the Liberal Party's members of Congress oppose the energy-sector reforms championed by their legislative leader, Jorge Cálix, arguing the proposal lacks public support and needs closer scrutiny.

The consumer-protection group Fundación Artículo 19 pegs the monthly basic food basket for a family of five at more than L16,000 (about $640), well above the government's figure of roughly L8,600.

Honduras's currency weakened to near L27 per dollar as of early August, prompting economists to warn of pressure on import prices while the Central Bank calls the decline moderate and driven by normal supply and demand.

Honduras has paid about L10 million (roughly $400,000) to private hospitals for 154 surgeries and procedures under an emergency health decree meant to clear public-hospital surgical backlogs, at an average of L63,783 per case, though lawmakers question whether the prices are inflated.

Nasser Hilsaca, who died August 8 at Hospital General Atlántida in La Ceiba, had complained of inhumane treatment and neglect before his death, but three days later no formal investigation has opened, and the Regional Human Rights Office says it received no formal complaint.

Congress's Health Commission will visit public hospitals to track how a six-month-old emergency health decree is being carried out, working with the Health Ministry, the national university, and the social-security institute to create new medical-specialty training slots and review physician scholarship rates.

A pediatrician says 'culucos'—clumps of fine newborn hair matted with breast milk on a baby's back—are a cultural myth with no link to crying or colic, and warns that trying to remove them by hand or with harsh substances risks skin injury and infection.

San Pedro Sula produces 80 million cubic meters of water a year, drawing 65% from aquifers as surface sources dwindle, and waste and unmetered consumption threaten the city's long-term supply.

Content creator Davis Flow signed with Platense to play in Honduras's top professional soccer league, saying he is ready to compete and brushing off critics who doubt that social-media personalities belong in Liga Nacional.

Goalkeeper and captain Édrick Menjívar, forwards Michaell Chirinos and Yustin Arboleda, and Jorge Benguché and Edwin Rodríguez all have Olimpia contracts that expire in December 2026, leaving the club's leadership with key renewal decisions.

Julio César Bonilla Almendares, 28, was found shot several times on a road in La Paz, and authorities discovered a note at the scene warning against involvement with married women, though they have not confirmed a link to the motive.

A prison officer died when a police vehicle carrying a detainee from La Ceiba back to Olanchito prison collided with a cargo truck near Agua Caliente in Yoro's Olanchito municipality.

A man accused of stealing a cellphone was seized by residents in downtown El Progreso, Yoro, on August 11 and beaten before police arrived and took him into custody.